The following article is cross-posted from the 74 By Mark Keierleber The headlines read like an obituary. President Barack Obama’s Education Department spent billions to fix failing schools, “and it didn’t…
Secretary Arne Duncan received a daily weather forecast from students during his visit to Bret Tarver Education Complex in Phoenix.
The odds were stacked against Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass High School.
Think back to that moment when you decided to pursue your dream. Who influenced your decision? A mentor? A parent? Or maybe a friend? For many people, their moment was…
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In 2011, Secretary Duncan visited the Rosebud-Sioux Tribal Fair in Rosebud, SD. In a speech this week, Duncan said that visiting reservations is one of his most rewarding opportunities as…
ED's Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Director Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell facilitated a roundtable discussion with Brighton High School students and educators in Salt Lake City as part of our…
Earlier today the White House welcomed more than 100 state, district, and school leaders and educators to honor 12 distinguished school turnaround leaders as “Champions of Change.”
As with any good school, it’s all about the students. At Imagine Elementary at Camelback in Phoenix, Marcos, a 7th-grader, says, “Being in this school really helped me out with…
Last Wednesday, I found myself invited to a meeting at the White House with Secretary Arne Duncan and some of President Obama’s advisors. I didn’t know I would walk away…